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Control Center Jobs

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs

Jobs (older dbWatch versions Tasks and alerts) are the cornerstone of the dbWatch Monitoring module. Jobs perform the actual monitoring of the database instance. There are two types of Monitoring in dbWatch. The Basic and Standard monitoring. To see each monitoring…

Using Control Center

In this section, we will cover the user interface, the different modules, and how they are used. When we start dbWatch Control Center we will by default start-up in the monitoring view: We have the top menu, where we find the configuration of client connections…

Control Center Commandline

Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline

CCC.exe – the Control Center Commandline CCC.exe is a command intended to run on the commandline or terminal to trigger USL scripts. The intention of CCC is to use it for integration and automation purposes to access the capabilities of dbWatch for other 3rd…

Internal Control Center firewall

Advanced Topics » Internal Control Center firewall

The internal firewall Mostly used for advanced configurations, where nodes are placed in locations facing internet traffic, there is a built-in firewall in Control Center. You access the firewall configuration in the domain configuration dialog for each node.…

About dbWatch Control Center

dbWatch Control Center is a highly scalable software solution that helps enterprises monitor and manage large database servers efficiently, providing total control over all database operations, performance, and resource usage. dbWatch Control Center will give you the…

The modules of Control Center

Using Control Center » The modules of Control Center

We have seven default modules available when you start dbWatch Control Center. This article will only introduce you to what these instances are and give a brief description of them. You need to be familiar with the navigation tree to better understand how these modules…

Fresh Installation of dbWatch Control Center

Troubleshooting Guide » Fresh Installation of dbWatch Control Center

After installing a newer version of dbWatch Control Center, you may encounter problems such as an expired license or a locked account due to forgetting the admin credentials. Here’s a simple guide on doing a fresh installation of dbWatch Control Center.…

Resetting dbWatch Control Center Admin Account

Troubleshooting Guide » Resetting dbWatch Control Center Admin Account

Before resetting your admin account, you must be familiar with your working directory. By default, dbWatch Control Center will create a directory in C:\ProgramData\dbWatchControlCenter .If you are not sure, you can open the dbWatch Logo or go to Help > About dbWatch.…

Database Farm Management Additional Resources

Additional Resources » Database Farm Management Additional Resources

Blogs For farm management, we have different blogs discussing this topic: From SQL Instance Management to Database Farm Management dbWatch Control Center for managing Database Farms Does managing database server farms differ from database instances? Tips: How you…

Customization

dbWatch Control Center is designed to be customizable and much of the contents are developed inside the product In this section, we will go over how you can customize different parts of the product. To proceed, click on of the topics below: Customize dbWatch Views…

Reporting

Using Control Center » Reporting

Control Center comes bundled with a series of report templates that you can use to generate standard reports on various aspects of your database environment. It also allows you to edit the templates or create your own for fully customizable reporting which will be…

Reports

Customization » Reports

Before proceeding to this topic, you must be familiar with generating a report. You can check it out by click on the link. Customizing your Report by changing the logo and Company Name To customize, your report. First click “Server” on the upper ribbon of…

Report

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Report

Each job has a job report that is generated when you use the job menu and choose “Details”. The job report, here an example from the CPU load details on Oracle, provides a set of graphs, pie charts, and tables. It uses previously generated history…

Installing on Windows

Getting Started » Installing on Windows

dbWatch Server Prerequisites Windows Server (VMWare virtual server or AWS EC2 supported) Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2022 Windows 10 or Windows 11 8 GB RAM 4 CPU cores 10 GB hard drive space dbWatch Engine Prerequisites 500 Mb free space in…

Extensions and 3rd party integrations

Customization » Extensions and 3rd party integrations

Configuring extensions and 3rd party integrations Email Contact support if you want to make sure you have installed the latest version of your extension. ← Reports / Email and SMS →

Getting Started

Downloading the latest version of Control Center You can get a download link to the latest version of dbWatch Control Center by registering for a free evaluation copy Wait for dbWatch’s Confirmation Email. Follow the steps and link in that email. There are…

Product Description

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Product Description

Product Description dbWatch Control Center is a database operations software intended to monitor, manage, maintain and report on database instances across multiple database platforms and physical locations. A dbWatch Control Center environment has at its core a…

Exporting configuration from 12 to CC

Advanced Topics » Exporting configuration from 12 to CC

Exporting database instance configuration from dbWatch 12 to CC A version of 12.9.1 or above is needed for this. The idea is that you can export the instance configuration from a dbWatch 12.9.x installation to install the same instances in dbWatch Control Center, as…

Disabling and Enabling Views

Using Control Center » Disabling and Enabling Views

You can enable or disable modules from your dbWatch Control Center by unticking their check boxes. If you check Views, you will see the default set up of modules that are visible. Once you disable all the modules, you’ll only be left with the Report Module. …

Instance management

Using Control Center » Instance management

In instance management we focus on the process of adding, removing and managing instances and instance groups. You will need to add database instances to dbWatch Control Center in order to monitor, manage and create reports from your database instances. There are 4…

Network Controls

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Network Controls

Network Controls dbWatch Control Center deploys several methods of network control. 1. Node authentication (clients and servers) using certificate infrastructure built up around the Domain CA system 2. The built-in firewall to restrict incoming connections on an IP…

Network Ports and Services

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Network Ports and Services

Network Ports and Services Default ports and protocol dbWatch Control Center uses by default port 7100/tcp for client to node and node to node connections. This can be configured to a different port. If enabled the webserver can run. Default port is 8080. On each…

User integration with Active Directory

Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Managing users » User integration with Active Directory

The user integration with Active Directory offloads the password verification and storage from the dbWatch Control Center domain controller to Active Directory. Port openings To allow the correct communications between the dbWatch Server and the Active Directory…

Sensitive Data Transmitted

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Sensitive Data Transmitted

Sensitive Data Transmitted dbWatch Control Center will, by its nature log into database instances and run queries on the database instances it manages. Key data accessed is primarily data related to statistics on the behavior of the database instance, and not actual…

Using OS Authentication

Using Control Center » Instance management » Adding a SQLServer Instance » Using OS Authentication

When connecting to Microsoft SQL Server instances it is possible to login with Windows Authentication (called OS Authentication in dbWatch). The accout used is the same account as the dbWatch Control Center service runs as. Per default the dbWatch Control Center…

Console installation on Ubuntu

Getting Started » Installing on Linux » Console installation on Ubuntu

Before You Start Before installing the dbWatch Control Center, note that the installer requires root privileges. For simplicity, this documentation demonstrates steps executed as the root user. You may use ‘sudo’ as an alternative. This guide is for…

Audit Logging

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Audit Logging

Audit Logging Auditing in dbWatch Control Center is available to enable. Currently, 3 log levels are available: 0=no logging, 1 = log statements triggered by user actions, 2 = log all statements by user actions and other database interactions. Audit logs are stored…

Additional Resources

Here are an additional resources that might help you. You can check all the FAQS on our website. Go to dbWatch/faq You can access our FAQs on this site. Go to FAQs Section To check our video libarary, you can access the link provided: dbWatch/videos ← Fresh…

Troubleshooting Guide

In this section, we’ll discuss about: dbWatch Backup Restoring Configuration Backup Fault Finding Guide Issues and Troubleshooting Definition Mapping ← Internal Control Center firewall / Backup of dbWatch →

Installing and using premium packages

Additional packages dbWatch Control Center also provides additional premium packages to cover specific areas. They may be specific only to one or a few of the platforms supported by dbWatch Control Center. More details are found on the pages specific to the package.…

Job concepts

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts

This section will try to explain more in-depth some of the concepts used in monitoring jobs in Control Center. There are currently two types of jobs, engine jobs, and no-engine jobs. The main difference between them is where processing occurs. Engine jobs do the…

Pre implementation

Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Pre implementation

“Pre implementation” is used to issue grants or create objects as another user, before the implementation step. Its optional, and in this example used to issue grants that is needed by the implementation procedure. “Execute as user” is the…

Installing on Linux

Getting Started » Installing on Linux

dbWatch Server Prerequisites Installation of dbWatch on Linux requires X11 for the graphical installation. Installation executable will fallback to console installation if X11 is not available, otherwise console installation is available with -c switch after…

Instance Configuration

Using Control Center » Instance management » Instance Configuration

How to get here Instance Configuration can be accessed by going to Server > Server Configuration > Instance Configuration, or by right clicking on an instance and selecting Configure Instance from the popup menu. Main view The instance configuration view consists…

Managing security groups

Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Managing security groups

Security groups This is were you define the groups that users and roles can have privileges on. There are some predefined security groups: Security group name Privilege All instances A list of instances containing all instances added to…

Consolidation

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category » Consolidation

Jobs in the Consolidation category Control Center Jobs Description MS SQL Server Optional Database statistics This procedure gathers statistics per database.

Property System

Customization » Property System

There are several types of properties in dbWatch. Predefined properties Predefined properties are always present. For example, instances have properties called name and host. For more details see available properties Metadata properties Metadata properties are…

Notes

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Notes

Notes on jobs are information that DBA’s and the Control Center system save to better document a system setup and known behaviour. When you open notes on a job, it will start off as a blank note. The top field is for personal notes and the contents are stored…

Web dashboard editor (beta)

Customization » Web server » Web dashboard editor (beta)

Web dashboard editor (currently in beta) Web dashboard editor is an additional addon module to dbWatch Control Center, that allows the customer to create their own dashboards displaying data about their database environment. While it is in beta, it is open for…

Compliance

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category » Compliance

Jobs in the Compliance category Control Center Jobs Description MS SQL Server Optional MS SQL Server patch status Checks latest updates for Microsoft SQL Server.

Sensitive Data Stored

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Sensitive Data Stored

Sensitive Data Stored dbWatch Control Center stores usernames and passwords needed to connect to database instances it monitors. The data is encrypted on the disk of the dbWatch Server. ← Sensitive Data Transmitted / Certificate infrastructure…

Worksheet

Using Control Center » Worksheet

One of the truly unique features of dbWatch is its integrated SQL Worksheet, which, although simple in operation has some sophisticated applications, including cross-database queries. The SQL Worksheet is not developed from a developer-centric perspective and therefore…

Uptime statistics

Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Configuration » Uptime statistics

Control Center provides uptime statistics reports, and this is the interface to look at uptime periods for an instance and add scheduled maintenance periods that will be taken into consideration when uptime statistics is generated for this report. ← Registry…

Migration

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category » Migration

Jobs in the Migration category Control Center Jobs Description Oracle Optional Statistics migration Migrates statistics from a number of tasks from dbWatch version 12 to dbWatch CC. MS SQL…

Example engine jobs

Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Example engine jobs

Example jobs To simplify development efforts for customers we provide example jobs with comments that should help development efforts. To use, right-click on the link and save as. Make sure its an xml file, with the name you want. You can edit it as its xml to change…

Versioning

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Versioning

All jobs and most resource files in Control Center have a version to differentiate between new and old jobs. It is used to upgrade jobs, and most jobs are auto-upgraded. Engine jobs have upgrade scripts built in, to alter tables and update changes to PL/SQL or TSQL…

Operating System

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Operating System

Operating System dbWatch Control Center supports: Windows Server 2008 and newer Windows 10 and newer Linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS It could work fine on older or newer versions. Please check the install guides for more detailed information. Install guide on…

Remote Connectivity

Advanced Topics » Product Security » Remote Connectivity

Remote Connectivity dbWatch Control Center servers are by default configured to allow connections on port 7100/TCP. This communication is encrypted and several network controls are available to restrict traffic. Communication is only available to approved nodes,…

Monitor dashboards and overview screens

Product Overview » Monitor dashboards and overview screens

Being effective in database operations are one of the key focus areas for the dbWatch database operations team. This chapter will focus on the dashboards or overview screens used by our internal database operations team, what information they show, how they are used…

No-engine jobs

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Job types » No-engine jobs

No-engine jobs No-engine jobs consists of a series of steps (defined in xml files), and each step retreives data and/or performs some computation on the data. The last step will also set a status and a text describing the current state of the job. The steps can be a…

Properties

Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Properties

The properties section defines the main settings for the job. Once a job is created the “Task name”, “Company” and “Compatibility” is specified. “Task name” is the visible job name when you install a job or when its…

Adding MySQL Instance with Super Privilege Error

Troubleshooting Guide » Adding MySQL Instance with Super Privilege Error

MySQL Super Privilege Error When adding an instance for MySQL 5.0 or over, you may encounter the following error: This error happens when dbWatch Control Center is creating a user. This error appears indicating that the user has no super privilege rights. There…

Job types

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Job types

There are currently two types of jobs, engine jobs, and no-engine jobs. The main difference between them is where processing occurs. Engine jobs do the processing in the database instance engine, and no-engine jobs do the processing on the Control Center Instance…

Jobs grouped by platform

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform

Go to the individual platforms to see the jobs for that database platform Jobs for Oracle Jobs for MS SQLServer Jobs for MySQL Jobs for MariaDB Jobs for PostgreSQL Jobs for Sybase ← Control Center Jobs / Jobs for Oracle →

Product Security

Advanced Topics » Product Security

Introduction on dbWatch Control Center regarding product security dbWatch AS has implemented reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to help protect against security incidents and privacy breaches involving a dbWatch product, provided those…

Creating a user

Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Managing users » Creating a user

To create a user, right click on the “Users” element in the tree in “Domain Configuration” This will open the add user dialog: Where you add a username and password: If you want to add a user that uses Active Directory for password…

Customize View using FDL

Customization » Monitoring » Customize View using FDL

Before proceeding to this section, you must be familiar with Farm Data Language. To give you an overview, Farm Data Language is a type of query dbWatch uses to read and display data to its user. Think of it as your query tool when using dbWatch. How to edit…

Graphical installation on Ubuntu

Before you start The installer for dbWatch Control Center requires root to run. However, when we want to run the software under a different user once installed. I will run all the first steps as user root for documentation simplicity. You can use sudo instead. This…

Security and Compliance package on SQL Server

Installing and using premium packages » Security and Compliance package » Security and Compliance package on SQL Server

The Security and Compliance package The Security and Compliance package provides a detailed evaluation of your Microsoft SQL Server’s security and compliance, managed via dbWatch Control Center. It offers in-depth insights into your server’s security and…

Release notes

About dbWatch Control Center » Release notes

dbWatch Control Center (2024-03-11) Download Important note Linux release is available as an apt repository, see Linux install guide All clients and servers need to be upgraded in a multi-server setup before the connection will resume due to network…

Troubleshooting issues in SQL Performance package

Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Repository management and monitoring » Troubleshooting issues in SQL Performance package

Graph issues with monitoring has been switched off If for some reason dbWatch Control Center has not been connected to a database instance running SQL Performance package for an extended time, you can get odd statistics errors in the graphs. It will look like a linear…

Setting up a CCC node

Advanced Topics » Control Center Commandline » Setting up a CCC node

To setup a ccc node you first need to download the ccc scripts and extract them in a catalog that you want to be the ccc workarea. In the following example we have downloaded the scripts to “E:/tmp/scripts” and our Control Center installation is located in…

Definition Mapping

Troubleshooting Guide » Definition Mapping

dbWatch 12 dbWatch Control Center Definition Changes Tasks and Alerts Jobs Tasks provide statistics and growth rates for your database, which allows for better planning and performance analysis of how your system is behaving.…

Discovering Database Instances

Using Control Center » Autodiscover » Discovering Database Instances

The dbWatch Autodiscover feature scans your network and locates database instances that are available. You will find the Autodiscover feature under the “Autodiscover” tab on the left-most side of the dbWatch Monitor. In the Autodiscover view, you have 3…

Jobs grouped by category

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by category

Jobs by category Jobs in Control Center are grouped by category to make it easier for users to locate the right monitoring job. The categories are: Availability Jobs that checks that the database and database related processes are functioning Capacity – Jobs…

SQL Performance package

Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package

SQL Performance package SQL Performance module is an optional extra cost module in dbWatch Control Center that allows for historical monitoring and analysis of SQL Statements in the database instance. Currently supported platforms: MS SQL Server 2014 and…

Web server

Customization » Web server

Control Center can be configured to serve dynamic web content over http. This is intended for dashboards or live reports, and for data export used for integration purposes. Webserver configuration Webserver setup Configuring anonymous webaccess Mountable web…

Item active

Customization » Management » Item active

You can hide or disable elements (typically nodes or menu items) by using the item-active tag You can specify multiple item-active tags, and all of them have to resolve to “active” in order for the element to be classified as active. The item-active tag…

Versions Summary

About dbWatch Control Center » Versions Summary

Other Existing Documentations If you are looking for dbWatch’s online documentation for Enterprise Manager, you can proceed with the following link: dbWatch Enterprise Manager Version 12.9 dbWatch Enterprise Manager Version 12.8 dbWatch Enterprise Manager…

Network and communications

Product Overview » Network and communications

Network and communications Default ports and protocol dbWatch Control Center uses by default port 7100/tcp for client to node and node to node connections. This can be configured to a different port. On each node there is a node.connections file that both lists what…

Auditing

Advanced Topics » Auditing

DbWatch supports auditing of all statements that are executed on the database instances from dbWatch. There is currently no graphical way of turning this feature on, so it involves manually editing the server_configuration.xml file. Stop the dbWatch Server and take a…

Adding SQLServer instances with kerberos

Using Control Center » Instance management » Adding a SQLServer Instance » Adding SQLServer instances with kerberos

Using the kerberos authentication option requires some additional setup. We need dbwatch user added to the domain: First we create a dbwatch user that is a normal domain user. We set a passord, and make sure it dont expire. And we must add this user to the…

Security and Compliance package

Installing and using premium packages » Security and Compliance package

Security and Compliance package The Security and Compliance package is an optional extra cost module in dbWatch Control Center that allows automated detection and reporting on security and compliance-related issues where database instances are not conforming to best…

Database operations philosophy

Product Overview » Database operations philosophy

The reasons for database operations The value of database operations comes from the value of the systems the databases support. . In a typical operation, the value of the managed systems is much greater than the resources used on the operations side. Running a…

Max datafiles check

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Max datafiles check

Name: Max datafiles check Platform: Oracle Category: Availability Description: Checks the ‘soft limit’ and the ‘hard limit’ of the maximum number of physical OS files, that can be mapped to an…

Properties on dbWatch Servers

Advanced Topics » FDL – Farm Data Language » Available properties » Properties on dbWatch Servers

The available properties for server are: Name Description Return type Typical values Extra name, displayname The name of the dbWatch Server Entity dbWatch Control Center instance All the instances…

Schedule

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Job concepts » Schedule

The scheduling in Control Center has two modes, cron schedule, and interval schedule. Cron schedule The cron schedule is loosely based on the crontab format used on Unix systems. We have 4 fields that can be set, “Minute”, “Hour”,…

Cloud router

Product Overview » Architecture » Cloud router

Introduction The dbWatch Control Center is structured around a network of nodes dedicated to managing server infrastructure. While these nodes effectively communicate within a single network, cross-network communication poses a unique challenge. To address this, we…

No-engine jobs

Customization » Monitoring » No-engine jobs

No-engine jobs No-engine jobs are monitoring jobs that does not run in the database engine. No-engine jobs are jobs that run on the dbWatch Server, and typically run a SQL statement and process the result of this statement in javascript. Example code for different…

Cloud router security

Product Overview » Architecture » Cloud router » Cloud router security

Introduction Robust Security Despite Exposure to Threats: Designed for internet accessibility, the cloud router operates under the assumption that it could be compromised. This perspective has shaped its security architecture to ensure that users remain protected,…

Installation of SQL Performance package

Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Installation of SQL Performance package

Requirements for installation dbWatch Control Center release 2022-09-29 / 501 or newer License that includes SQL Performance module. It can be as the separate “SQL Performance Package” license or as part of a larger licence package. It is included in…

Initial Domain Setup

Getting Started » Initial Domain Setup

All dbWatch Servers are part of a domain. This domain is unique for each customer and it is specified in the dbWatch license. Every dbWatch installation must have one of the dbWatch Servers specified as the Domain Controller. The first time a you start the dbWatch…

Example architecture designs

Product Overview » Architecture » Example architecture designs

Basic setup The most basic setup is where a dbWatch Server service is configured with all functions in the same node, and the client is either local or installed on a separate computer. Example drawing: The pictured architecture is similar to the design and setup…

Data Guard Archive Status Check (10g & 9i)

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Data Guard Archive Status Check (10g & 9i)

Name: Data Guard Archive Status Check Platform: Oracle Category: Availability Description: Checks that the standby database is receiving archive files from master database. Long description: Task checks that the…

Audit

Using Control Center » Management » Management on SQL Server » Audit

Audit is where you control what is being audited on the SQL Server ← Operating System Manager / SQL Worksheet →

Dataguard Archive Status

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Oracle » Dataguard Archive Status

Name: Data Guard Archive Status Platform: Oracle Category: Availability Description: Checks that the standby database is receiving archive files from master database. Long description: Task checks that the…

Privileges and actions map

Using Control Center » Domain Configuration » Privileges and actions map

Overview of actions and required privilege Instance is the specific database instance. Instance system is a predefined security group controlling the overall instance monitoring and management. Domain configuration is a predefined security group controlling the…

Generate Reports

Using Control Center » Reporting » Generate Reports

When you click on Report Module, the report wizard will be started. In the first step you will be asked to select the database instance you wish to generate a report for. The instance that does not have a user/login set for generating the report content, will be shown…

Jobs for MariaDB

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MariaDB

Control Center Jobs Description Availability DBMS uptime Collects uptime statistics in the database. Aborted connects alert Collects uptime statistics in the database. Maximum connections alert Collects uptime…

Changing Instance Group

Using Control Center » Instance management » Groups Configuration » Changing Instance Group

Changing a group can be done when you created an instance under a default group name and change it to another corresponding group. To change the groups base on your newly created group, you can check Group Configuration. Changing Group of an Instance Once a group has…

Jobs for MySQL

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for MySQL

Control Center Jobs Description Availability DBMS uptime Collects uptime statistics in the database. MySQL aborted connects Checking if there is many aborted connects MySQL max connections Checking if the system…

Tree navigation

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Tree navigation

On the left side of the dbWatch monitor, you will see a tree structure. There are 2 component that lets your group and filter instances. Top level of the tree, there is a “Grouping” panel. Below it is a quick text based filter. Grouping This is always…

Configuration parameters

Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Configuration parameters

Configuration parameters are the parameters a user can use to control the behavior of a job. This can be thresholds for alerting, items to ignore, and other types of adjustments that make it easy to create a good fit between a standardized job and a custom database…

Importing resources

Customization » Importing resources

Much of the functionallity in dbWatch is defined in xml files, including report specifications, task specifictions and management specifications. That means that functionallity can be modified by supplying new xml files to dbWatch. There are two ways of doing…

Auto-discover with different default port

Using Control Center » Autodiscover » Discovering Database Instances » Auto-discover with different default port

We’ll look deeper into how auto-discover works. First of all, you need to be familiar with what file the data is being stored in. The default directory can be found in “C:\ProgramData\dbWatchControlCenter\config\server” and it’s in file…

Editor for engine jobs

Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs

How to get here Example jobs We have some example jobs to make the development easier here. Edit Existing To edit an existing Task or Alert open the Task/Alert Editor by right clicking on any task or alert and select Edit task from the popup menu. Create new…

Jobs for Sybase

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Control Center Jobs » Jobs grouped by platform » Jobs for Sybase

Control Center Jobs Description Availability Database backup Checks backup status of all databases. Database status Checks status of all databases defined on the system. The following incidents triggers a warning or an…

Report

Customization » Monitoring » Editor for engine jobs » Report

The report section of a job is a lightweight version of the reporting engine in Control Center. It supports SQL queries that can be used in multiple output formats, such as graphs and tables. You can right-click on the “Report” item, add new…

Instance details

Using Control Center » Monitoring » Instance details

When navigating to an individual database instance, you get the instance details overview: This dashboard is intended to give an overview of what monitoring jobs are installed and how they are performing. The top tabs let you switch between the instance details…

Using SQL Performance package on SQL Server

Installing and using premium packages » SQL Performance package » Using SQL Performance package on SQL Server

Navigating to the SQL Performance package dashboard Once the SQL statistics job is installed and have collected data, you can navigate to the dashboard. It is located in the management interface for that database instance. The pictures and descriptions are from SQL…